It had never occurred to me that our lives, which had been so closely interwoven, could unravel with such speed.

The evening's the best part of the day. You've done your day's work. Now you can put your feet up and enjoy it.

There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.

Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don’t go along with that. The memories I value most, I don’t ever see them fading.

Many of our deepest motives come, not from an adult logic of how things work in the world, but out of something that is frozen from childhood.

She always wanted to believe in things.

Love isn't about when you first meet. It's about the many, many years you spend together, when you're trying to keep that flame burning.

Our family arrived in England in 1960. At that time I thought the war was ancient history. But if I think of 15 years ago from now, thats 1990, and that seems like yesterday to me.

Memory, I realize, can be an unreliable thing; often it is heavily coloured by the circumstances in which one remembers.

As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened.

If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of.

Clearly she didn't get out into society nearly enough. Her pulse had no taste in men whatsoever.

The realest of cats love with all of their being...

I will work in partnership with the Government, all political parties, and civil society to safeguard and advance the future of all Singaporeans.

The great thing about having a small family is that there are fewer people to disappoint.

Well, certainly at the Golden Globes, during every commercial break everyone gets up and schmoozes with each other.

I never really liked Italy. 'Lots of cement' is my long-standing quote.

I totally believe that art is an open dialogue and that it is not logical. It does not always make sense.

All of my friends who have younger siblings who are going to college or high school - my number one piece of advice is: You should learn how to program.

You don't fear me," he said now. She wasn't stupid enough to lie. "I'm petrified. But I figure you didn't make me come all this way just so you could push me off the roof.

When the first list was being drawn up in the rock and roll book of Genesis, it would have been: In the beginning, God created Pink Floyd.